The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-06
SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
A Discourse by Elder Underwood on the
Three Prophecies Of His Advent.
Another Explicaton of Scripture Showing the
Foundation of the Faith and Doctrines
Of the Seventh-Day Adventists.

Sabbath like quiet about the place that seems
odd, when one reflects how it is to the stir
end turmoil of the city. One ot the brethren
remarked yesterday that it the quietest
camping place he ever No untoward cir
cumstance has yet marred the satisfaction of
their visit to the city. It thought for
while yesterday that a horse belonging to one
of the campers had been stolen but it was dis
covered that the disappearance of the animal
due to the mistake of small boy, and
everything was made lovely again.
The work of the conference committees yes
ter directed mainly towards the instruction
Of canvassers, colporteurs. Nearly every
adult member of the church engages to some
extent in this work, which consists in selling the
larger books published at the printing houses Of
the sect and distributing their tracts. The
largest printing house is at Battle Creek, Mich
1t turns out ton of printed matter daily. The
affairs of the new church building, in process of
erection in Indianapolis, also received attention
yesterday. The management heretofore has
been wholly in the hands Of Elder Covert, but as
IL has taken much OF the time that he desired to
devote to ministerial duties it decided to
appoint a committee of seven laymen who
should aid him in the work. The principal
mon as delivered by Elder r. A. Underwood,
from the text
And saw another gel fly in the midst of heaven
having the everlasting gospel TO preach unto them
that dwell the earth; and to every nation, and
kindred, and tongue and people, Rev xiv, g.
THE angel IN this prophecy" said Elder I'm
derwood, denotes movement carried forward
by the people of God, under direction of God
and the angels DOT that angels, however, preach,
commissioned to do This line of
prophecy eliminates with the coming of Christ,
and is followed by another Babylon is fallen. is
fallen and connected with the entreating cry.
Come out of her, my people. Added to this we
find. verse 8: Aud the third angel followed
them, saying. with a loud voice: If any man
worship the beast and his image and receive his
mark in his forehead or in his head the same
shall drink of the wine of the wrath OF God
These three angels followed by the coming
of the Saviour on the white cloud. Very fitting
is it that before this the judgment should be
regard to this judgment Our Lord preached
it, the apostles declared it, and the
prophets foretold il. and many vivid descrip-
tons of il are given. The Savior speaking of
the judgment says, Verify 1 say unto you it
snail be more tolerable for the land of Sodom
and Gomorrha in the day of Judgment than for
that CITY,. Those who rejected the apostles
were pointed forward to a time when the
Judgment would begin and the books be opened.
Paul reasoned of a judgment. as we find in Acts
xvii;3l, a time appointed of God. and In Chapter
xiv he reasons of righteousness. temperance
and judgment to come. so that we know that it
had not come in his time. am aware that the
general idea is that the judgment is going
all the time, that Abefs case came up at once.
and that when a righteous dies his
opens Immediately, but the Bible does not teach
anything of the kind. There is a time set in the
Bible when the dead shall be judged. but this is
not at death. The time is when the hour of
Judgment is come. The Judgment referred to
cannot be that in which the punishment for sin
Is melted out because another warning to
follows its commencement, Babylon is fallen
The Bible divides the Judgment into two great
divisions-the investigative and the executive
Every ones case will be judged according to the
deeds works recorded in the books of heaven.
I'm our investigation of the prophecy con-
ed in ha oh nf al
brought the events down to our own time. The
seventh chapter takes up another line covering
the same period as chapter uwo and carries it
down to the establishment and fall of the papacy
and shows it finally given to the flames, just be-
fore the prophet saw. what The judgment be-
gun in heaven. In Revelations XXX. the same
scene is brought to view and the additional in
formation obtained that the books were opened.
At least three books are mentioned, though it is
not said that there more Every act and
word of will be judged by these records
Job appealed to this record to show that he
not wicked tJob xvi19l Do You believe that
-FOUR record is in heaven, and how, my friend,
does it testify Every wicked act thing is re-
eorded there for Jeremiah says they marked
before God (Ch. i:22); Nehemiah that they
written (Ch. kin and God shall bring every
work into Judgment with every secret thing
iEccl xii:13, 14)
The investigative Judgment begins with the
Church of God. Abel being the frat death,
his case, doubt, was the first one taken up in
1874. and so 1t continued down the list of right
eous dead, and will continue to the time the cases
OF the righteous living reached. Christ
stands before the Father and each is
called and the record examined. opposite the
sins OF the saints is written. 'Pardoned. par.
doned! Then is fulfilled the saying, L will
confess your name and Christ pleads that the
sins be botted out. that they may come more
into remem brance, and that the saints name
may be retained in the Lambs book of life.
Only the sins of the overcomer will be blotted
out. but how will it be with him who does not
overcomef Christ pleads only for those who
overcome. All others must die the second
death. REV, Xxx; 8, z, IA.
There are to be two resurrections-that of
the righteous at the coming of Christ and the
resurrection of the wicked thousand years
afterwards. 1t follows, therefore, that must
be now in the investigatIve part of the judgment,
in which is being decided who are to have a part
IN the first resurrection. Il Cor. 81. 80; 2
Thess. iv IA to 16; Rev. Xxx T. But how does
God determine who are to have part in this
resurrection Luke tells us: But they which
shall be accounted worthy obtain that world
and the resurrection from the dead. neither
marrT nor are given in marriage. CHI. Xxx: 30
These cases must be decided prior to Cbrists
coming. for he comes not to investigate the
character Of man but to execute Judgment (see
Jude xiv and XVI Has there ever been a period
In this world when the warning message of Rev.
xiv: 6 to IL mas been given2 Yes in every part
of the civilized world. and is being given day.
Since 1874 people have been declaring this
Yes, you say, but that was failure in 1S44 of
set of fanatics and FOOLS Do not go too fast
That people were mistaken, it is true, but their
work and disappointment exactly fulfilled the |
prophecies, and they could not be fulfilled in
any other way.
I'm the tenth chapter Of Revelation we have
wonderful description of this book. A mighty |
angel comes down from heaven. and he has IN |
his hand little book open, aud he set his right |
foot the and his left foot the earth. to
indicate that what be had to say was of impor- |
lance all the world. Is there any mention /
Of closed book! Yes. in Daniel XII, 4: But |
thou. o Daniel. shut up the words and seal the |
book. even to the time of the end There, says |
one. that's what l believe. The book was never |
designed to be understood. But how long was
ID to remain closedl Until the time of the end,
and At that time. the vision Of John shows us,
an angel should 20 forth preaching the judgment
eome hence find the angel standing the
land and with the book open, and declares
that time shall be so longer. The
1874 Adventsts based their belief on
Daniel viii and TX. Bush said
the cleansing referred to the world
Miller said the world to be destroyed by fire,
and both were mistaken, but those who pro-
claimed the near coming of Christ and the time
Of the Judgment come preached the truth. and